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UK Accelerated Access Review Can Create A Post-Brexit 'Medtech Powerhouse'

 
• By Ashley Yeo

Medical technology stakeholders in the UK will be poring over the detail of the much-anticipated Accelerated Access Review (AAR), the final report of which was released Oct. 24. The initial response from the industry has been positive.

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The long-awaited final report of the UK government-commissioned Accelerated Access Review (AAR), published Oct. 24, has been welcomed by the medical device industry as an important step in promoting the rapid uptake and spread of medical technology innovation in the UK and the creation of an "attractive market" in the country.

Implementation of the AAR's recommendations, which had full input from the wider medical technology industry, can help make the UK...

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